N MinakawaSummaryAffiliation: Saga Medical School Country: Japan Publications
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Population genetic structure of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes on Lake Victoria islands, west KenyaHong Chen
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Malar J 3:48. 2004..Genetically-isolated mosquito populations on islands are a potential site for testing GMM. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic structure of A. gambiae populations on the islands in Lake Victoria, western Kenya...- Spatial distribution of anopheline larval habitats in Western Kenyan highlands: effects of land cover types and topographyNoboru Minakawa
Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 73:157-65. 2005..These results suggest that clearing riparian forests would improve growing conditions of the An. gambiae complex and An. funestus larvae in Kenyan highlands... - Habitat characteristics of Anopheles gambiae s.s. larvae in a Kenyan highlandN Minakawa
Department of Medicine, Saga Univeristy, Nabeshima, Japan
Med Vet Entomol 18:301-5. 2004..These results indicate that the practice of swamp cultivation, in populated areas of the African highlands, increases availability and enhances habitat conditions for the malaria vector... - Population dynamics of malaria vectors in western Kenya highlandsBryson Ndenga
Climate and Human Health Research Unit, Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
J Med Entomol 43:200-6. 2006..1-fold in An. funestus and 18.5-fold in An. gambiae sensu lato over the dry season. The low level of transmission in the highlands suggests that it may be disrupted by vector control methods such as residual spraying... - Landscape determinants and remote sensing of anopheline mosquito larval habitats in the western Kenya highlandsEmmanuel Mushinzimana
Climate and Human Health Research Unit, Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Malar J 5:13. 2006..This study examined the landscape determinants of anopheline mosquito larval habitats and usefulness of remote sensing in identifying these habitats in western Kenya highlands... - Spatial distribution and habitat characterisation of Anopheles larvae along the Kenyan coastJoseph M Mwangangi
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
J Vector Borne Dis 44:44-51. 2007..A study was conducted to characterise larval habitats and to determine spatial heterogeneity of the Anopheles mosquito larvae. The study was conducted from May to June 1999 in nine villages along the Kenyan coast... - Spatial relationship between adult malaria vector abundance and environmental factors in western Kenya highlandsGuofa Zhou
Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 77:29-35. 2007..Our results suggest that vector control targeted at malaria transmission hotspots and supplemented by larval control may be an effective approach for epidemic malaria control in the western Kenya highlands... - Oviposition site preference and egg hatchability of Anopheles gambiae: effects of land cover typesStephen Munga
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
J Med Entomol 42:993-7. 2005..gambiae larvae in the western Kenya highland... - Plasmodium falciparum spatial analysis, western Kenya highlandsOtsyula G Munyekenye
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1571-7. 2005..Asexual parasite density indicated clustering near major vector breeding habitats. Variability in seasonal prevalence indicates transmission instability and susceptibility to epidemics... - Influence of host and larval habitat distribution on the abundance of African malaria vectors in western KenyaNoboru Minakawa
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo 14260, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 67:32-8. 2002..gambiae larvae in aquatic habitats, but the distribution of anopheline adults in houses is determined by the distance from houses to larval habitats... - Recent reduction in the water level of Lake Victoria has created more habitats for Anopheles funestusNoboru Minakawa
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Malar J 7:119. 2008..5 m since 1998, revealing a narrow strip of land along the shore. This study determined whether the recent drop in the water level has created additional breeding grounds for malaria vectors... - Two new species of ochridacyclops (Kiefer, 1937) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from Kenya and NepalKo Tomikawa
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Zoolog Sci 22:477-87. 2005..Ochridacyclops nepalensis can easily be distinguished from other members of the genus by having two spines on exopodal segment 3 of leg 1, and by the proportions of the caudal rami, which are 3.4 times longer than wide... - The effects of climatic factors on the distribution and abundance of malaria vectors in KenyaNoboru Minakawa
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
J Med Entomol 39:833-41. 2002..Influence of temperature on vector density was significant for all three species. These results imply that climate changes alter the distribution and abundance of malaria vectors in future... - Spatial distribution patterns of malaria vectors and sample size determination in spatially heterogeneous environments: a case study in the west Kenyan highlandGuofa Zhou
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
J Med Entomol 41:1001-9. 2004..2) should be 17 houses per km2 for An. gambiae and 42 houses per km2 for An. funestus. The potential factors causing aggregated anopheline mosquito distribution are discussed... - Diving ability of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) larvaeNobuko Tuno
Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, University, Nagasaki, Japan
J Med Entomol 41:810-2. 2004..Therefore, larval diving behavior may offer the benefits of predator avoidance and food acquisition but also incur energetic costs and increased mortality... - Population genetic structure of the African malaria mosquito Anopheles funestus in KenyaOlga P Braginets
Department of Biologic Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 69:303-8. 2003..The Great Rift Valley in east Africa, high-elevation mountains in western Kenya, and the vast arid area east to the Great Rift Valley may all play a role in restricting A. funestus gene flow between coastal and western Kenya... - Survivorship of immature stages of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) in natural habitats in western Kenya highlandsStephen Munga
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, P O Box 1578, Kisumu, Kenya
J Med Entomol 44:758-64. 2007.... - Predatory capacity of a shorefly, Ochthera chalybescens, on malaria vectorsNoboru Minakawa
Nairobi Research Station, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, NUITM KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya
Malar J 6:104. 2007..Since Ochthera chalybescens had been reported to prey on African malaria vectors, the predatory capacity of adults of this species on Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto was explored... - Malaria vector productivity in relation to the highland environment in KenyaNoboru Minakawa
Center for Tropical Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:448-53. 2006..Fecundity was significantly lower in the highland site. These findings suggest that changes in local temperature and land use contribute to an increase of malaria vectors in the highland... - Effects of larval competitors and predators on oviposition site selection of Anopheles gambiae sensu strictoStephen Munga
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
J Med Entomol 43:221-4. 2006..This study demonstrated that caged An. gambiae females avoid oviposition in habitats with supposed competitors and predators... - Association between climate variability and malaria epidemics in the East African highlandsGuofa Zhou
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:2375-80. 2004.... - Association between land cover and habitat productivity of malaria vectors in western Kenyan highlandsStephen Munga
Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:69-75. 2006..gambiae larvae, and consequently increase the risks of malaria transmission to the human population... - Climate variability and malaria epidemics in the highlands of East AfricaGuofa Zhou
Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Trends Parasitol 21:54-6. 2005..In all seven study sites, we found highly significant nonlinear, synergistic effects of the interaction between rainfall and temperature on malaria patient time series... - Relationships between occurrence of Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) and size and stability of larval habitatsNoboru Minakawa
Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 8498501, Japan
J Med Entomol 42:295-300. 2005..These results suggest that habitat size is an important determinant of habitat stability, pupal occurrence, and adult mosquito abundance... - Survivorship of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in western Kenya highland forestNobuko Tuno
Department of Vector Ecology and Environment, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan
J Med Entomol 42:270-7. 2005..gambiae survivorship. This result suggests that deforestation facilitates the survival of the immature stage of An. gambiae in the highland...